What Caught My Eye Today

Gay Marriage - Last summer, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the state could prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying because the state has a legitimate interest in preserving marriage for procreation. In response, the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance filed an initiative which contains 5 has five clauses that would have to be met for a legal marriage. It would allow only couples capable of having kids to marry, and that they file "proof of procreation" within three years of the marriage. If not, the marriage would be annulled. The initiative would also force couples who married out of state to show the same proof of procreation or their marriage wouldn't be recognized, and it would become a criminal act for anyone in an unrecognized marriage to get marriage benefits.

You have to give these guys points for creativity. Here's one to scratch your head on...what if the initiative actually becomes law? Not possible, you say? How many of these would you have thought 'impossible'...

- The guy who starred as 'Gopher' on 'The Love Boat', gets elected to the US Congress representing Iowa
- A former professional wrestler, known as 'The Body', gets elected as governor of Minnesota
- A former Warner Bros. contract player and later television star, gets elected as the 40th President of the United States (did a pretty good job ending that Cold War deal, too)
- The 'Terminator' gets elected as the 'Governator' of California

...It could happen.

Iraq - An Iranian diplomat has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Iran condemned the abduction, saying it held the United States responsible for the diplomat's "safety and life." I'm guessing these guys read the same 'Diplomacy for Dummies' book that North Korea did. Lemme see I have this straight. Iran loses one of its diplomats in Iraq. The US is to blame. If the US doesn't secure the safe return of said diplomat, relations with Iran will become more strained. Hello? We have no diplomatic relationship with you guys in the first place.

Love Triangle - From the 'truth is stranger than fiction' file, a married mother of three who flew on a space shuttle in July, was charged with attempted murder, accused of hatching an extraordinary plot to kidnap a woman, who she believed was romantically involved with a fellow astronaut. According to police, 'her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.' I can just see the executives at the FOX and Lifetime television networks tripping over themselves to secure the film rights from the alleged assailant and victim.